Merian C. Cooper
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Merian Caldwell Cooper was an American filmmaker, actor, producer and military aviator. In film, his most famous work was the 1933 movie King Kong, and he is credited as co-inventor of the Cinerama fi
Cooper in 1927
Death statement from when Cooper was presumed dead in 1918
Merian C. Cooper in Polish Air Force uniform
Cooper at the Latvian border after escaping the Soviet POW camp
Kościuszko's Squadron
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The Kościuszko Squadron was a Polish Air Force fighter squadron established in late 1919 by Merian C. Cooper, an American aviator who would go on to direct the film King Kong in 1933, then to advocate
American aviators in Paris meet Ignacy Jan Paderewski, prime minister of Poland, in 1919